A/N: Oh god. 55 reviews.....that's...unbelievable!! Even for me! I'm slowly climbing my way up to 100! That's my goal for this fic. Ok, ok, one of my new reviews convinced me to put a little a Vivi in this chapter. Even though I really don't want to! ::sticks tounge out:: But, it was a request from a reviewer and I have to do what you guys want....god, you guys are so selfish! Don't I get a say in what I wanna write about in the fic? lol Just kiddin'. Of course I have to do what you guys ask for. I wouldn't have written this if it weren't for you guys. And plus, you reviewed. That's reason enough, right? ::nods proudly from smart mature speech:: I wanna say sorry to slashhater. I feel really bad for being so mean to him or her and I'm not a mean person!! I love ppl!! And I'm actually really nice!! I hope you aren't mad with me or anything.... ::fiddles with fingers::

Naroki got kidnapped by some ninjas earlier, so I had to edit this time. So, please don't flame me for spelling errors. I've already gotten two...I know it's wrong to ask you this, but I don't know how to edit right to save my life and it'll really suck if I get a third flame for it. I tried my hardest on correcting this new chap so bear with me ppl. (nurr, damn long author notes!!)

Disclaimer: I don't own ff9. I don't own.....ANYTHING!! ::runs off and cries in corner::

Claimer: Gyah, I'm running outta corny jokes! I dunno what to say! Please don't hate me.....

"Dagger, kidnapped?"

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After that night three weeks ago, Zidane was very mellow and happy. Blank still didn't know what happened and none of Daggers' friends knew about Zidane's and Daggers' "studying" time together either. But, ever since then Dagger and Zidane were very deep in their relationship. It was very noticeable too. Every time they saw each other in the hallway at school, he would spin her around in a circle and pull her back like they were performing a dance skit. And they would always hug each other every chance they got. (which was like every ten minutes)

Yes, they were very much in love.

"Zidane, do you got a free next period!?" Blank screamed waving his arms widely in the air. This was the seventh time he had asked Zidane this same exact question. Zidane always day dreamed every second about him and Dagger that night....and their love.

"Yes Blank, you do have too much gel in your hair...." He mumbled lightly.

Blank picked up his books and roughly hit Zidane in the head with them. (may mention that he was carrying his history book?)

But Zidane was in such a daze, that he didn't even notice that he had a huge bump sticking out the side of his head.

"Dude. you're definitely high right now and you're wasting my free period! So, I'm gonna go downstairs and eat. You can stay here and drool all over yourself if you wanna..." Blank shrugged and walked down the stairs.

Not a word of Blanks' voice reached Zidane. He was still convinced that Blank was still there right next to him.

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"Ok girl, you have to tell me why you've been acting like this lately!" Beatrix said desperately.

"Huh?" Dagger replied in a lazy tone.

"Some thing's going on between you and Zidane. I can feel it in my bones!" She said wrapping her arms around her body.

"And I know that it's not just me, because Zidane's been acting the same way too!"

"Oh Beatrix, you're reading way to into things...really."

Beatrix seemed mad at the way Dagger just brushed her off like that.

"Dagge--"

"Listen Beatrix, I got a free period right now."

Beatrix still was observing her expression.

I'm gonna run down to the store and get some rice cakes. Wanna come?" She said and added with a kind smile. Beatrix frowned at her friend and sighed.

"No, I'm going to my house to get my homework for next class. I kinda uh left it home again."

Dagger was happy to hear this. Beatrix had been bugging her about her and Zidane all week. And it was finally getting to her! It's not like she ever asked her about what Steiner and her did in their relationship. Dagger waved to Beatrix and left outside.

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(It was the end of the day now. The dismissal bell had just rung and all the students poured out of their classrooms to their lockers.)

"Hey Blank!" Zidane called out to his friend on the other end of the hall. Blank was very easy to spot in a large crowd. Despite him being so short, he was the only one in the school had had bright red spiky hair.

"Yo! Come with me to my locker!" He yelled back and pointed to the hall where his locker was.

Zidane forced his way through the tight crowd and went to Blank's locker.

"Sooo, how was your day?" Zidane said leaning on a locker.

"I failed my science test...." He sighed.

"Tough luck. Maybe the teacher will let you do corrections sometime!"

Blank slammed his locker door angered by Zidane's comment.

"Yea right! We aren't in middle school anymore! They don't let us do that shit anymore."

Zidane stuck his tounge out.

"Not Mrs. Joseph.."

"What? No way she lets you do corrections"

"Hell yea bitch!" Zidane laughed running down the stairs avoiding Blanks' "wrath"

(Outside)

"Hey Blank, you know where Dagger is?" Zidane looked around the school and the street, but Dagger wasn't anywhere.

"No, I haven't seen her since she was going to the store to get something"

"When was this?"

Blank noticed the serious look in Zidane's eyes and immediately told him what he wanted to hear.

"It was on my free period. She said she was going to get some rice cakes from the store down the street.

"Zidane was silent for a while, as if je were thinking of something.

"That's funny, she usually meets me right her at 3:20."

"So, what do you want to do?" Blank asked

"Lets go find Beatrix. She's probably with her."

Blank followed Zidane back into the school. There were still some people there. But it was mostly janitors or teachers. They went through the lunch room and saw Beatrix talking with some of her friends. Zidane quickly called out her name when he saw her.

"Beatrix!"

Beatrix turned around immediately knew this sexy voice and answered.

"Hey Ziddy! What are you still doing here? Aren't you usually with Dagger right about now?"

"No I can't find her, so I thought she'd be with you" Zidane scanned his eyes over all the girls Beatrix was talking to. Just to make sure that none of them were Dagger.

"Hmm, really? Last time I saw her was....." She thought for a moment.

Zidane fiddled with the change in his pocket. He wished she would answer faster. The girls were beginning to look at Zidane and giggled every time he noticed their stare.

"Oh! Now I remember. 7th period, she went to the store to get some rice cakes on her free period."

Zidane looked to Blank who had said the same thing.

"Oh, ok. Have you seen her anytime after that?" Their school only had 8 periods, so it wasn't that long ago that anyone had seen her.

"I'm sorry no....but shouldn't she be with you right now?"

"I already told you that I couldn't find her. I don't know where she could be" Zidane felt himself get more worried with every word that came from his mouth.

"Hey Zidane, how about we go to the office and and make an announcement? If anyone has seen her, we can see if she's still in the school."

Zidane's expression didn't seem to change. He still was worried. But he weakly nodded his head and went with Blank to the office.

"May I help you?"

A lady at the desk asked fixing her glasses that sat on her nose. Blank looked to Zidane, waiting for him to ask the big question. But, he just silently stared at the clean carpet on the floor. He guessed that he would have to talk.

"Yea, we're looking for Garnet Alexandros. Can you make an announcement and call her to the office please?"

"I'm sorry, we don't make announcements for social reasons"

"No, but miss we really need to find this person and--"

"Young man!"

She snapped at him looking up from her papers. Her raspy but loud voice, immediately made Blank stop talking.

"The speaker is not used to call up your friends so that you can meet up and go out places, it's only used for emerg--"

"But lady, this is an emergency!"

The woman at the desk gave him a strict look that told him to leave the office right now. Blank sighed in failure and looked to Zidane who wore an blank expression and still stared at the floor.

"Ok, we'll leave then...." The lady satisfied looked back down to her paper work and didn't say another word. Blank hinted Zidane that they had to go but he wouldn't move no matter how hard he pulled his wrist.

"Zidane, c'mon! We can check at her house later."

Zidane finally raised his face from the ground and meanly stared at the woman and snatched his wrist from Blanks' grip. He slowly walked up to her desk .

"I thought I told you guys that--"

"Now you listen to me! Someone very important to me is missing. We can't find her anywhere! If this were a joke or for some stupid social thing, then we wouldn't keep coming begging you to, now would we!?"

Blank couldn't believe the tone in Zidane's voice by now. It was very quite by also very intense. The woman simply took her glasses off.

"What?" She pronounced.

The room was silent for a while.

"What do you kids want me to do!? I'm very busy right now and I don't have time for this nonsense. So just tell me what it is you want, so I can get back to work."

Zidane wanted to slap this bitch. Dagger was missing and did she care? Zidane tried to calm down, before he lost his mind.

"We need you to call Garnet Alexandros to the office....please"

The woman stubbornly grabbed her microphone and gave Zidane a dirty look.

"Calling Garnet Alexandros. Garnet Alexandros, report to the main office, please"

Blank peeked outside the door the door to see if Dagger was coming. But there was no one. The woman loudly hung the microphone up and put her glasses back on.

"You can wait over there in those two chairs for your friend to come" Blank and Zidane exchanged glances and agreed to sit down quietly until Dagger came walking through the door.

Zidane and Blank waited 30 minutes for Dagger to come. They even got the woman at the desk to page Dagger again.Zidane called her house 15 times and decided to go over and check it out for himself. He had asked Blank to go home and wait for him.

"Dagger? You there?" He banged on the door and waited a couple seconds for an answer. There was nothing. This made him very frustrated and he began to kick and Punch the door.

"Dagger!! Answer the door!!"

People began poking their heads from out their houses to see what was causing all the commotion. But, Zidane didn't care; he wanted to find Dagger.

"Excuse me...." A small voice from beside him said.

Zidane stopped beating up the door and saw a small child with a big brown hat and weird clothes on.

"What is it?" Zidane said wiping some sweat from his face.

"Are you looking for someone in there?"

"Yea, I' looking for--" Zidane stopped and stared at the child, because something immediately caught his attention when he caught a glimpse of the child's face. He got on his knees and looked the child in his eyes.

"You're a strange child, aren't you? What's your name? I think I know you from somewhere.."

The child tried to turn his face to another side to escape Zidane's curious eyes, but they followed his face like a bee would follow a prey trying to run away.

"My name's..Viv....Vivi. It's Vivi."

"Yes!" Zidane shouted rising to his feet again. Vivi took a step back timid by this tall loud teenager.

"Now I remember you! You're in my homeroom or english class, right?"

Vivi was shocked that this boy actually remembered him. He hadn't made any friends or talked to anyone in school at all; especially outside of school. Anytime someone did talk to Vivi, it was always a cruel comment.

"I'm in your english class..." He shyly said.

"Yea, I knew it! So, what are you doing around here?" Zidane said observing the neighborhood. Vivi gathered up his courage and spoke as clear as he could.

"I live here..." He said and looked to his front door that was right next to Daggers' house.

"Oh! So you--you wouldn't happen to know Garnet Alexandros, would ya? Her nickname's Dagger and she's in our english class too"

Vivi smiled replied, for he had wanted to talk about Dagger in the first place.

"Yes, she's my neighbor. Are you looking for her?"

"Yea! She's missing and no one can find her! Do you know where she might be? At all..?"

Zidane's face was cold and sweaty. Maybe all this worrying about Dagger was it. He had never felt himself get so worked up over something.

"Now that I think about it I--"

"Hey Vivy!! Come play hide n'seek with me again!" A little girl with green emerald eyes, purple air and little wings on her back appeared in Vivi's front door and was pulling on his Vivi's arm.

"Eiko please, I'll play with you later. We're busy talking" Vivi said

Eiko let go of Vivi's arm and circled Zidane suspiciously. Zidanes' eyes followed the small girl curiously.

"E-Eiko, please. That's rude"

"Hey don't you go to my school too?" Zidane asked, finally recognizing her small face.

"I was about to say the same thing! You're in my english!" Eiko said jumping up and down widely, pointing her finger at Zidane.

Zidane looked to Vivi and then back to Eiko. He grinned widely.

"Say, how come you two are in the same house together?"

Vivi blushed, but Eiko just smiled clueless.

"Everyday after school, she comes to my house so that I can help her study"

Eiko nodded and agreed. Zidane smirked as if he didn't believe him. But ignored it anyway.

"Oh anyways, Vivi you said you saw Dagger!?"

He began to get all worried again. How could he let Dagger leave his mind for even a second after her going missing like that?

"Yes, I saw her on her down the street and she was in a dark car with some weird looking guy. I've never seen him before. I doubt he's a family member..."

Zidane's arms loosely dropped to his sides and his mouth hung a little opened.

"Kidnapped? Daggers' been kidnapped?" He felt like he was jumping to conclusions, but he couldn't help but use the information that he had.

Vivi didn't know what to say so he just looked to Eiko to see what she was thinking at the time. Eiko simply smiled again and went inside.

"Vivi, no one's home right now, right?" Vivi nodded.

"Have you seen her mother or any of her relatives today?"

"I'm sorry but, no...I haven't seen anyone. Her mom usually comes home from work right now."

Zidane silently picked up is books next and began to walk away.

"Zidane? Where are you...."

"Hey Vivi, thanks for the info. I really appreciate it...I'm gonna go home now, ok?

"O...k. But don't you want to call the police or anything?"

Zidane didn't answer, he just kept walking in the same direction to his house.


A/N: I didn't like this new chapter. I seriously didn't. I thought it was soulless and boring...wouldn't you all think the same? But, it's not like everyone has a breath taking chapter right? I was really outta ideas when I wrote this one. I mean, couldn't you guys just feel the soulessness in this chapter? I know this one was bad, but I really hope you guys won't abandoned me cuz some of my chapters are getting lame. You guys will stay with me until the end...right? You have no idea how much it'll mean to me!

I'm so happy that this chapter is over though! ::stretches out arms:: I got so many reviews for my last one and I couldn't wait to pick the "Review of The Month" and answer some request and questions also. Actually, I kinda only wanted to write this chapter so that I could pick the review of the month. lol.

Here are some questions or request from my reviews.

p.s. These reviews are NOT reviews of the month! If a reader asks a question then I will answer it in my chapters, or if they have a request or something like that.

Conors'/magemasters review: dude i love your fic so far (the school one i just now started reading it tho n i just have one question...don't laff...whats the hell is a yaoi? n the thing between blank n zidane aint right...but i still lovw your fic sofar!

A/N: ::clears throat:: Don't worry! I won't laugh. A "Yaoi" is like guy on guy. A "Yuri" would be girl on girl. Basically gay stuff. lol Sorry, that you're not a fan of yaoi anime's/manga's but I am! And I know alot of ppl who are too. Maybe, you'll change your mind one day and join us on the "Yaoi side" ::zombies jump all over and try to drag you to their side:: I love you conor!!

Oh and conor also had a request! Here's your sushi!! This one had shrimp in it! Yum yum!

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And NOW da da da da daaaaaa!!!! "The Review of The Month"

Tacofoolio's review: Wow, great chapter! I think that you did a wonderful job, I liked how you kept it realistic, but still erotic, you kept it detailed, and I think that was perfect how you mentioned the pill, it kept up the realism. I have no complaints except that I need more! :-) Keep this up, I think this story is coming along very well. And keep up the Author's notes, they always make me smile.

A/N: Wow, you being my first flamer became a review of the month! Your review was very cool to me. And I appreciate that you didn't mind the whole pill thing, heh. Oh and don't worry. I will keep up the 5 paragraph author notes for ya! I'm glad that you like my really long author notes and the humor in them! I love you!! I think you are so mature. You're my idol!

Well, I've already started highschool and it sucks! The only good thing about it is having free periods and going or doing anything you want. That was sorta what I was picturing when I was writing this chapter. Uh, I don't really have much to say this time, but I hopefully my next chapter and author notes will be more interseting and fun. I'm just pretty bored right now... ::yawns::

Sorry that this was a lifeless chapter folks, next will be better! I promise!